Kala... Ur Family my dear.. FAMILY!!!! and that was a tribute to my friends... But then again i love u too... !!! Dun cry la..!!!
Med... Well how'd u know i was a SNAG!!! Didn't tell nobody... You must be Psychic!!! Real good one too!! Lets see wat else u know bout me...!!! :P
Well I came back home from work today at about midnight... For those who have been religiously reading my blog and those who know me well... You must be wanting to ask me "When did you start work? You mean you were working? Since When?? What happened to your studies?". Well hold UR Horses!!!
I'm actually working for this company called XL Results Foundation as a temp. staff. The company in my perspective, is basically a club for enteprenuers in a global scale. They often hold events for these people to network and create business opportunities for themselves. And they have a huge database of people to work with to. So as and when they need people to do the 'extra work' whenever there are events and stuff or even Database stuff, they get temps. And through a 'lobang' in the company i got the opportunity to work there. But the only catch is, Im second in line... Who's first... Sunjay... Why is he first?? Well the so called 'lobang' is his girlfriend la!!! So i shall not state the obvious anymore... For those who still don't know why... U got no hope... Well the pay is good and the people are fun to work with!! For part timing i mean its a really good catch... A subtle warning for those already eyeing my temp position in the company...!! BETTER NOT LET ME CATCH U!!!! IF NOT...!!! Haha just joking la... But well u will be third in line though... Anyways there u have it...
Back to the interesting part ---> As i was saying i was at work and i was helping out with this event they had organised. There were 2 guest speakers, one of whom i didn't get a chance to listen to coz i was running to the nearest 7-11 to get bottles of red wine (those people can really drink...) And the aunty at the 7-11 who was Indian accidentally broke 1 bottle of wine!!! Poor woman... and she was also complaining about her co-worker obviously in tamil... So he didnt understand as he was chinese... NO OFFENSE TO THE CHINESE OK!!! But im sure Chinese people complain about Indians too... I know... I understand Mandrin and a little Hokkien too!! I've heard the racist comments!!! but not all of u are bad... (there are the exceptional ones!!)
Ok back to the story... The other speaker was a Mr Bob Urichuck from Canada. Since i had nothing to do at that point of time i decided to listen in on his talk... Btw he is a International Professional Speaker... And he had half an hour to share some pointers from his latest book, "Online for Life: The 12 Disciplines for Living Your Dreams". And boy did he do a good job!!
One of the ideas he had kept emphasizing about is that 'Nobody can motivate you except yourself'. Which is so true! If u don't put ur heart out to do something, you wont do it at all!! Other ideas he threw on the table are that 'Your goals No matter how large they are, If you don't put it in black and white, they will never materialise', and that 'Shape your life with factors that you can control; Especially your Attitude and Discipline!' He also stated that these were the most essential qualities one should have to be successful. Of course he was referring to success in a business sense as per the atmosphere of the event. But i took the idea and thought about it with my life in perspective. And it fit... All the ideals he had been talking about were universal. It could apply to any point in anyone's life.
Ask
Seek
Knock
What this abbreviation means is that First.. you have to ask yourself what you want in life... Then seek the ways of getting wat you want... And eventually as u seek wat u want will will come kncking at your door!! Interesting aint' it!! and interestingly this was demonstrated by one of the participants.. He had answered a question posed by Bob with a correct answer or least an answer Bob was looking for and Bob was offering to give one of 2 soveigniers as a prize, And guess what the guy said? "Can i have All??" And Bob gave him all!! well the point he brought up after that was... We don't lose anything when we dont ask. But when we ask, we have a 50 - 50 chance of getting that something. Even if we don't get when we ask we still don't lose anything!! Coz we can never lose what we never had in the first place!!!
Getting
Really
Excited
About
Today
This is another from him. He explained this in a story form. He was in a hotel in Chennai one day having his breakfast. This man came in walking into the the restaurant with a contented smile on his face.
Bob: How do u do today?
Man: Just fine...
B: Hmm.. How do you think your day is going to turn out?
M: Well.. Just Fine!!
B: Just fine.. Thats all??
M (with a puzzled expression) : What do u mean? Well how do YOU feel today?
B (extatically) : GREAT!!
M (even more perturbed) : And.. how do YOU think your day is going to turn out?
B: GREAT!!
M: Wats so Great about today?
B( and here's the Punchline!!) : Look at me!! I have 2 working hands, a great pair of legs, My heart is beating fine.. and.. most importantly.. I WOKE UP!!! I WOKE UP!!!"
And the idea is he thought of everday as new beginning, and feeling great at the start of every new beginning was important to him. Coz GREAT was the minimum to feel...!!! and If you keep telling urself its a great day a couple of times over.. It WILL be a GREAT day!!
Well there was also this Pyramid idea he brought up:
RESULTS!!
Action
Feeling
Attitude
Beliefs
And a good example to illustrate this idea he brought up was the rain... Most of us have this belief that rain is bad... (I did say most of us... And if ur trying to be a smart aleck, and say that u feel that rain is good and what i'm saing is wrong!! Good on u!!)... well with this belief whenever it starts to rain obviously we would be having a bad attitude... we'd feel like CRAP... We wouldn't do anything... And surprise or no surprise, we wouldn't had achieved anything!! So u can go figure out how the positive side works huh!!
One last but important Quote " When u get something for nothing, Then it worth Nothing at all!!"
Although i don't usually go for Motivational talks as i don't see the need for it.. This one was an opportunity that fell in my face... And the best part was i was being paid to do it!! but i really felt that i had gained some pointers.. Although most Motivational talks are mostly organised for business Peopleor people in the working environment, I feel that the learning value is far more than just in business. If u take what u learn and apply it your daily life, then i believe that u will see benefits of similar proportion as you see in business...!!
I hope that i have shared with you what i have tripped upon during the course of my work and it helps you in one way or another. After all true learning comes when u educate... By the way if i get a chance, and i remember i'll let u guys know the Potato Story next time!! And if u guys have a good similar story to share... SHARE!!!
Moral of the day: "IF IT IS TO BE, IT IS UP TO ME!!" - Bob Urichuck (The ten most important 2 letter words you should remember!!)
Niran
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